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Originally Posted by doortego  No, you aren't bad. Obviously you are a caring person or you wouldn't feel guilty. You did more than a lot of people would have done.
I saw a bumper sticker the other day that I wondered where they got it. It said, "Don't breed or buy while shelter dogs die". It really got to me. I probably could have supported a small shelter for a month with what I paid for Little Bit.
And the money I waste on "things" for her could feed so many dogs/cats. But let's face it the "things" we buy are usually not for them. I bought Little Bit 2 new beds yesterday. She went on strike and refused to touch them. Went & laid in the bathroom by herself which she never does. When I gave up & put her old bed back she was so happy. I'm afraid if we were truly animal lovers, we'd use our resources more wisely. |
awww....I know just what you mean - I'm pretty careful what I buy because I HAVE to be - but I try to always send something small when I can to various places....my last place was the Camden NJ shelter - and I can share the link but don't ask if you cry easily ...it's truly horrible.
Camden is one of the worst cities in our country for homeless and horribly abused animals - their shelter is full and they need money all the time due to the largely poor population. I know I've only read about this on the net but what I saw made me sick -
genie - I hope that dog finds a home - I had to do something not quite the same but reported a neighbors dog and he was surrendered to the shelter - I felt SO guilty but he was a big dog and I think an outside dog - he SO deserved better and I did hear he found a good home from the Houston Animal Cops.....
this was what I reported
- I had to climb my fence to take this picture and the others are too graphic....I don't want to upset you - but sometimes we NEED To use the shelter facilities...I KNOW this baby was curled up ready to die -
My Chanel is the one who Alerted him to me by barking like crazy at the fence...I had no idea he was in this kind of shape till the day I took this picture